Main Central Thrust zone

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The Main Central Thrust zone is a major tectonic fault system in the Himalayas that marks a key boundary where high-grade metamorphic rocks have been thrust over lower-grade rocks during the Himalayan mountain-building process.

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Main Central Thrust zone canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological structure ⓘ
tectonic fault zone ⓘ
thrust fault ⓘ
associatedWith Himalayan mountain‑building ⓘ
continental collision of India and Eurasia ⓘ
extendsAlongStrike over 1500 km ⓘ
formedDuring Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
hasDeformationStyle brittle‑ductile faulting ⓘ
ductile shearing ⓘ
hasKinematics top‑to‑the‑south shear sense ⓘ
hasMetamorphicGrade high‑grade ⓘ
medium‑grade ⓘ
hasRockType gneiss ⓘ
migmatite ⓘ
schist ⓘ
hasSignificance key marker of Himalayan tectonic evolution ⓘ
major crustal‑scale shear zone ⓘ
isKeyFor reconstructing India–Eurasia collision history ⓘ
understanding exhumation of Greater Himalayan rocks ⓘ
locatedIn Bhutan ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
marksBoundaryBetween Greater Himalayan Sequence ⓘ
linked to: Greater Himalayas

Lesser Himalayan Sequence ⓘ
linked to: Lesser Himalayas
movementType north‑directed thrusting ⓘ
south‑vergent shortening ⓘ
overthrusts Lesser Himalayan rocks ⓘ
partOf Himalayan orogen ⓘ
relatedTo Main Boundary Thrust ⓘ
South Tibetan Detachment System ⓘ
separates high‑grade metamorphic rocks ⓘ
lower‑grade metamorphic rocks ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline metamorphic petrology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ

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Himalayan orogeny → produces → Main Central Thrust zone ⓘ